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FACTORIZES
Definition of FACTORIZES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of factorize
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Word DNA
FACTORIZES inherits its ancestry from its root, FACTORIZE.
How it is built
Same root, FACTORIZE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FACTORIZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FACTORIZES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIORSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start FACTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FACTORIZES?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 125 - and most players walked straight past it.
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